Bowl Court is a non-commercial squatted space run as a collectively managed grassroots activism project to enable some independence from a system predominated by commodity and capital. Together we aim to facilitate DIY culture and horizontal organising for individuals, campaign groups and artists working on social justice and environmental issues.

This is a participatory project moving towards bringing about radical social change and creating positive alternatives while seeking to address issues of ecological sustainability in temporary urban spaces (such as squats).

Some of the ways these goals may be realised is through such projects as ; giveaway store, film festivals, art exhibitions, benefit concerts, permaculture, political discussions, public meetings, cafe and free school – either organised by us, or by you.

We meet as an open collective every monday evening from 7pm to discuss use of the space and hear proposals.

Email us at bowlcourt(@)riseup.net or phone 0208 8192596

You can find us off Plough Yard (near the Drunken Monkey) at the junction of Shoreditch Hight St and Great Eastern Street (http://tinyurl.com/4xeq2q). The closest tube Liverpool Street.

The building is a victorian warehouse set in a cobbled street but in the shadow of construction site and vast class and steel skyscrapers. The project is already under threat of eviction despite the owners have no immediate plans for use of the building and ultimately want to knock it down.

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